1st Edition

Hardship & Health Womens Lives

By Hilary Graham Copyright 1993
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1993. There are around 16 million women in Britain aged 16 to 59. A total of 6 400 000 live in households with children under 16, representing 40 per cent of all women under retirement age (Employment Gazette, 1990). The vast majority of women living in households with children are mothers looking after their own offspring. Hardship and Health in Women's Lives explores the lives... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Information on Women's Lives; Chapter 2 Settling Down; Chapter 3 Finding a Home; Chapter 4 Being a Mother; Chapter 5 Caring for Children; Chapter 6 Working for Pay; Chapter 7 Finding the Money; Chapter 8 Making Ends Meet; Chapter 9 Keeping Going; Chapter 10 Children's Health; Chapter 11 Concluding Comments;

Biography

Graham, Hilary